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the carolina watchman vol ix third series salisbury n c january 24 1878 n 14 for tin watchman ax historical incident all mt the middle of the fifth century on the banks of the loire stood and flourished the fair city of orleans it was situated iu a fertile and sunny province which centuries before had submitted to the conquering arms of the roman em pire this province bad since then often suffered severely from the tumultuous irrupt ions of the barbarians those impla cable enemies of koine and of civil i/atiou but a powei far more lo be feared now threatened orleans attila withacount less host of savaj followers was encom passing its gates and threatening ruin on ; its very ramparts the fury ofgatli and i baudal was harmless compared to the i merciless cruelty of the huunish king ' who spread terror and destruction wher evwi he inarched as powerful ate ttumerj lane as fierce and revengeful as zingar he had already laid waste the fairest provinces aud reduced to a heap of deso lation the most beautiful citiesofthe em pire to add to the tenor of his name it was confidently believed that ins power was equal to his cruelty and rapacity his dominions stretched from the danube to the balga to the confines both of the j eastern and western empires innumer able tribes and provinces had yielded to his victorious arms and were bound to him by the faith of treaties or the power of conquest and now with a countless horde including many of the most lierce and warlike nations he had marched from the centre of his dominions to the confines of gual aud laid in ruins the fairest por j tion of that sunny region at length wishing to gain a position which should command the passage of the loire he drew up his savage and formidable legious before the ales of orleans the inhabi ] tauts though almost destitute of succor prepared for a vigorous resistance the name of attila however dreaded did not deprive tin in of the courage requisite to c that power which had hitherto seem ! ed invincible the tale of metz warned them of their own destruction should their implacable enemy succeed in his present purposes that city had lately been laid in ruins and the lonely shrine of st stephens alone marked the site of the once proud and flourishing iowu of metz for many days the seige of or leans contiiyied without hope of assist ance the inhabitants trusted to their owu courage and to the power of the god of nations who had said that the race is not ul ways to the swift nor the battle to the strong every man capable of bearing alius sprung to the rescue and the ancient bishop bearing before him the holy symbols of religion exhorted the people io remain faithful to stand up with courage before the heathen hosi from which the almighty in due time would send them deliverance but the days passed slowly away and no succor came from either man or the lord of hosts a foe more terrible even than attila now | began to press them within the city each their scanty supply of food diminished until gaunt hunger stalked through all the streets and slew more victims even 1 than the sword of the hun then the walls of the city began to give way the battel in rams of the enemy had shaken them in many places and unless speedily : relieved orleans must fall a prey to the merciless victor the most undoubted courage the most determined resolution will sometimes give way when opposed by equal valor and superior si length the inhabitants beheld their approaching ruin with a feeling of tenor impossible to describe the men stand to their arms however while the helpless crowd of wo â€¢ men and children aud agedmen fall pros trate in the streets beseeching the favor and protection of the god of the chris i lians already the heathen army hits en tered the very suburbs of tho city the ; work of slaugther and rapine has begun and the trembling defenceless fugitives : from without are pressing towards the gate oft li leans and crying for refuge from the merciless fury of the hun despair seizes the stoutest hearts and many re sign themselves to the fate thej had vain ly striven to avert in his moment of suspense and horror there was one whose confidence remaiuetl unshaken who stiil believed that the almighty would yet send succor aud deliverance to the trem bling captives who supplicated his favor lie earnestly exhorted the people to wait in hope and patience for the salvation of the lord upon the ramparts of the city were placed a sentry sent thither l>y this christian bishop all day they stood there gazing fixedly into the far horizon to catch the faintest sign of coming relict it was now the close of evening aud they should have to return to the trem bling eager crowd below with no word of cheer or encouragement but lo as sick witli hope deferred they turned to depart a rtrange object attracted their sight in the far distant ed^v of the horizon almost beyond the range of human vision was a long dark line that seemed to be moving breathless with expectancy they gazed while it drew nearer still nearer and un til it was no longer just a speck upon the distant ray but a mighty host in martial array and with banners floating in the evening air it proved to be the confed erate army of goths and romans hasten ing to the relief of orleans the joyful news flew rapidly through the city it is the aid of cod il is tin aid of god !" cried the good bishop and the glad shout w;ts taken up and echoed and re-echoed by every tongue orleans was immedi ately invested and attila raising the seige drew up his forces upon the plains of chalons here in a short time was fought the memorable battle between the civilization and christianity of the west and the unlettered savagery and super stition of the east but let us return to orleans in the host of theodorie was a young barbarian whose merit had elevated him to an hon orable station in the military service it was with more than the eagerness and impetuosity of the warrior that odoacer entered the beleaguered city within those walls was the home of bis beloved thetiilelinda it was the thought of imi tate that had given almost superhuman strength and courage to his arms he sun-lit at once the lowly roof of hilderic this venerable man was sealed on his door-step with head bowed in the attitude of deepest dejection a feeling of indig nation seized the heart of the wild war rior as he beheld the abject condition of tlieinlelinda's father angrily he re proached him for his sorrow amidst the universal joy sit the deliverance of or leans to these reproaches the aged man made no reply but bending his head un til il rested upon his knees he began weeping tears of bitterest anguish a vague suspicion now seized odoacer and in a changed voice he inquired news of theudelinda alas 1 know not her fate replied hilderic mournfully she was sojourning in metz when the merci less attila invaded our country and i have cause to believe that she shared the fate of its miserable inhabitants this conjecture proved correct and no tidings of the young girl ever reached the ear of of the grief-stricken parent or the heart broken lover hilderic died soon after ami odoacer never recovered from the loss of his beloved theudelinda fur many years he wandered a gloomy half naked savage through the densest wilds of panuouia then ambition began to fire his cold and lifeless heart and goad him forward in the pursuit of fame and position he cast his eyes over the trou bled scene of roman politics and believed that in the tumult of faction and the dis coid of rulers he might find ample oppor tunities to exercise his talents and to win success in this resolution he was strength ened by the exhortations of an aged monk o whom he superstition of the times at tributed the power of working miracles aud predicting future events so thus encouraged he followed the high road to rome and to destiny his career there was rapid and unchecked nor was his ambition satisfied until he had grasped the sceptre of royalty and the acclama tions of the millions proclaimed him king of italy vlbgikia salisbury jam 14th 1878 pioxeer fux 1 stylish dance iu the early hags of col orado the boulder col mirror thus talks over the good old times : the first settlers of boulder came here in 1858 in 1850 quite a number came and some sixty log houses were erected be fore j slid stepped in of these log houses but few remain christmas s saw a jovial crowd of dancers in one of these houses windowless we believe at that time the hardy pioneers were after fun aud had it on the night in question about two hundred sons of toil and seek er of gold and their fortunes and seven teen ladies had assembled at the above named place to partake of a frontier terpsichorean marinus g smith was then one of the beans of the town and his dress-suit consisted of pants made out of seamless sacks and colored blue by the aid of logwood a lady now living in town iiad an elegant dress made out of flour sacks also colored by the aid of log wood there were few white shins in the neighborhood then most of the pio neers wearing woolen flannel ones a man with a white shirt on was in style and could dance with his coat off a man without any would wear a coat buttoned up to the neck coats for dancing pur poses did not seem to be any too numer ous consequently the pioneers helped each other out for instance all nichols had six while shirts which were all at that ball and the coats of those bixwhite shirted fellows went to cover the backs ot some one else when one fellow had a dance he would lend his coat to another and then his turn would come and so the white shirts and long coats were dancing all night and went around among the two hundred men there were no wall flow ers among the seventeen ladies but they say the supper for the occasion was a grand affair washboilers full of coffee great hunks of blacktailed deer jack rab bits fish game and delccacies brought from the suite in cans all went io make up a glorious supper one that the par takers would like to see repeated there may not have been much style but the seamless sacks and hour bags saw as much pure enjoyment as does the finest and gaudiest attire of to-day envy makes us see what will serve to accuse others and not perceive what may justify a new year's caller widow van dusenbery's interview with the personal d . the widow who wants to be half a millionaire f she exclaimed pettishly why not make it a round sum at once a million dollars would put my poor boy ou his feet aud enable him to hold up his head among the millionaries a million of dollars is a large sum said the stranger and the inillionaries are few in n umber oh ! it is a mere trifle said the wid ow i know a good many millionaires and i have always thought it would be such a comfort to be one of them 1 should so like to know what the feelings of a mil lionaire must be your wishes are not to be denied said the munificent visitor here is the sum you ask for and without more ado he plumped a bundle of greenbacks into her lap which she seized upon with as much avidity as a hungry cur wonldsnap at a bone but strangely enough the possession of this immense sum only produced a feeling of disappointment and regret which must have reflected on her lace for the stranger exclaimed with astonishment : what ! does not that sat isfy you !" i don't like to appear ungrateful " said the widow but after all 1,000,000 is but a small matter compared with the fortunes of some of the mere upstarts that live on the avenue i couldn't even afford to move further hp town on such a stun ; and 1 don't think that bait could keep a yacht on it if it were only 10,000,000 now i should be entirely satisfied the stranger fairly jumped in his sent when he heard the exorbitant demand ten millions of dollars !" he exclaimed it is monstrous !" however i cannot de ny you and he smiled sweetly the widow thought as he piled up the great bundles of greenbacks before her the widow breathed short for a mo ment ; and then as the thought of all the good she mi<;ht do if she only had a little more and of the respect that would be paid to halt when he should come back and of the magnificent white-marble house she would like to build on murry hill of the charitable institutions she would en dow of the dinner parties she would give and of the diamonds she mighl purchase as the thought of these things flashed upon her mind she had a feeling of un happiness which she had never ex perienced before you arc still unsatisfied said the stranger impatiently why did you not say at first what you wished .' why detain me all this while when 1 have so many other calls to make this morning ? let me know at once the limit of your wishes that i may gratify them and be done with it well then said the widow growing bolder as he spoke i do not think it would be at all beyond the bounds of a moderate ambition if i should say that i will be entirely content with a hundred in ill ions properly invested by the ad vice of my brokers in exchange place 1 think it would yield me an income of ten millions a year and with that sum bait and i could manage to rub along without help from anybody the demand is preposterous madam but i cannot deny you !" said the stran ger with i graver expression than be had yet shown and instantly the whole room was idled with bundles of green backs they were stacked up against the walls and under the tables and heap ed upon the floor in every direction and tho widow looked around upon the treas ure with a proud and lofty feeling in which there was hardly a tinge of sel fishness for she thought only of the bene fit that her darling son would derive from it don't call it selfishness she was purely womanly 1 must now mention the condition upon which this vast sum shall be yours said the stranger the condition !" exclaimed the widow looking at him reproachfully 1 imag ined it was all mine already wealth has its responsibilities said the stranger and you surely could uot expect to have a hundred millions of dol lars and do nothing for it but the con dition on which this great treasure shall be left with yon is very light it is only that you shall commit a murder horror exclaimed the widow i can never do it yery well then said the stranger i have nothing more to say and he commenced putting the greenbacks into his bosom and as the widow watched the lessening heaps she cried out : stop ! stop !"' the stranger stayed his hand and the bundles of greenbacks were as numerous as before they fell all around her like flakes of snow how can i sully my hand and my con science by committing a murder said the widow why my dear madam said the stranger your squeamishness is absurd do you not know that wealth of all kinds represents toil and suffering and agony aud murder ? the jewels that sparkle iu your ears were only obtained by the sac rifice of many lives aud you do not en joy a luxury but at the cost of some body's existence it is a frivolous mis take to feel a repugnance at committing a murder yourself when you feel none while enjoying the results of murder committed by other people but whom do you wish me to murder she asked i do uot ask you to murder any one in particular said the stranger all that i would have you do is to throw a dart into a crowd whoever it may strike will be a long way off and you may ac quit yourself of any evil design or ill-na tured feeling against any one in especial here is a little arrow it has a very sharp point take it aud throw it with all your force it will take a long flight but it will strike somebody â€¢ a good way off said she and she took it in her trembling,hand along way off said the stranger now then throw and she lifted her arm and threw the arrow with all her might as she did so the stranger glanc ed tit her with a fearful grin the wall of the apartment suddenly fell away like a mist and she saw the prostrate form of a young man lying beneath a palm tree with the arrow lodged in his breast and she heard him exclaim in faint accents as the life-blood flowed from his wound : oh ! mother mother i she shrieked : i have murdered my dear halt !" there was a loud crash the terrible vision disappeared the stranger was gone there was not a scrap of a green back to be seen while bridget rushed into the parlor exclaiming for dear sakes what in the world is the mat ter ?" did anybody go out just now !" said mrs van dusenbery rubbing her eyes not a soul has been inside the house said bridget did you see any bundles of greenbacks lying about .'" asked the widow not a rag said bridget and don't you smell any brimstone asked the widow not a ha'porth replied bridget ex cept the parlor matches but who did this she asked as she pointed at the little japanned table that was over-turn ed while the glasses wen broken and the flask of chartreuse was pouring itself out in a golden stream upon the moquette carpet it was the personal d himself said the widow putting her hand upon her heart which beal violently i see il all ! (>! i have had such an exper ience the l.t.sri.t didn't you say there was a beggar boy who came to the door just now bridget ?" asked the widow 1 did inarm replied bridget j and he is standing on the sidewalk now cry ing poor little fellow !" said the widow as she wiped a tear from her eyes go call him in call in a beggar exclaimed bridget lifting up her hands in amazement call in a beggar-boy !" yes call him in what if lie is a beggar boy ? he is somebody's son he is the dear bait of some fond old mother let me see him i must do something for somebody in a few minutes bridget pushed into the presence of the widow one of the worst-clad little ruffians she had ever be held here he is said bridget he is a beauty for such a parlor as this i don't think with scornful emphasis on her words he is a human being said the widow scanning his ragged garments pityingly i hain't been doin nothin said the boy timidly you need make no apologies mypoov child said the widow pray what is your name .'" me name is diiinis said the beggar poor boy ! and why did your mother let you come out in such a plight such a day as this said the widow as she wip ed a tear from her eye me mother has been sent up to the island for thirty days said dennis hang ing his head and blushing and she couldn't help it â€¢ dear dear dear exclaimed the widow tenderly it wasn't no fault of me mother's said dennis holding his head up again it was jill along of that mrs sullivan who pulled me mother's hair that's right always speak up for your mother my child said the widow now give me my purse bridget and mrs van dusenbery utterly dis regarding the new leaf she had turned over but a few moments before on which was recorded a resolution not to give anything to anybody again actually counted out five new silver half-dollars which she threw into the boy's hat think ing as she did it how much more satis factory it was to give to the needy than to receive presents from the rich in this for me ?" asked the boy open ing his hazel eyes with wonder it is all for you said the widow aud i wish there was more of it but i am afraid it would do no good if you had more the boy stalled to run ; but bridget caught him by his curly red hair and ; said : is that all your manners you rogue ?" don't go yet said the widow he will learn to behave better one of these days take him down into the basement bridget and g^ve him some turkey and pudding aud aiv orange and a buuch of grapes could you eat a bit of turkev dennis ?" dennis was pretty sure that he could if an opportunity were affored him so he disappeared from the presence of the widow van duseubery who requested him to call again whenever he wa huu gry which he promised to do " aud bridget consigned him to the cook who laughed merrily as the cold turkey van ished which she had placed before him when the widow van dusenbery re lated the incidents which have been so imperfectly sketched - above to father lansing the next day from whose lips the writer heard them she remarked that she didn't think that the tempter could ever have succeeded in persuading her to throw that arrow if he had not looked so much like the kev dr brown stout whom she revered so highly that is always the way with the p d said father lansing he always takes the most pleasing forms when he intends lo ruin a human soul as he did when he tempted saint anthony in the guise of a lovely woman it may be of some interest to the gener al public to know that the widow and her son bait live very quietly in their own house on the avenue and contrive to rub along on their limited income of 30 000 i year she has become renowned for her charities aud he enjoys the reputa tion of an accomplished billiard player but he has not been able to join the four in-hand coaching club jn his way from his travels he was asked by the bev dr brown stout what had impressed him most in the holy land to which he re plied : fleas â€” independent lovely woman ant uval ways the following few remarks on some of the habits of the gentler sex we clip from the louisville courier journal to say that the writer of the article is not level headed is to deny our belief in all pro priety and elegance : . it is indeed a funny and ridiculous sight to see a lovely woman stop at a street crossing give her body a fearful twist stoop low and reach backward and downward nearly to her heels and grab from forty to fifty pounds of dress tail full of dirt and dust shake it five or six times like i buzzard fixing ils wings to fly then hobble across the street like a lame tur key to ihe other side there to let go turn round four or live times and start oil like a stern-wheel boat in a storm such fantastic fashionable freaks of folly as we see sometimes upon our streets are certainly very unbecoming to all that is modest beautiful and lovely in woman think of it the idea of a fashionably dressed blonde or brunette stopping dead still upon the street kick out and up like a cow at an army of loose hornets grab her clothes in her hand and with a body bent looking out from under a lit tle hiit perched upon one side of the head milking a public exhibition of her heels and hose as she skirts across the street like an ostrich on a run an exact copy in style and dress of the woman who rides a spotted horse in a circus and jumps through a paper balloon for 15 a week and applause look at the modestly dressed sweet faced humble girl walk homeward having been on a mission for her mother perhaps no foolishness about her she lives dresses acts and looks plain she and fashion are strang ers loafers aud blackguards don't stare at her aud make all kinds of remarks about her no she commands respect by her dress and conduct upon the public streets see her in spotless while look ing like an angel keeling at the bedside with her face and eyes lifted heavenward and in accents low and sweet breathing from her pure lips the language of her soul in humble prayer our lather who art in heaven angels put their ears to the twinkling stars and listen to her pray ers the one a meek humble christian young woman whose affections are fixed on things above the foibles and fol lies of i fashionable world â€” whose very soul pants for tiie light and love of a home over there the other a thiu visaged made-up woman of a fashiona ble world whose heart and soul is en gulfed in the great whirlpool of mock happiness and folly : who never looks in the bible one-hundredth part as much as she does a looking-glass whose whole idea of life is to have fun with the boys until she's forty and then take the chance of fooling some old man into buying her if she can the one breathes her prayer and lies down on her downy bed to dream of heaven and the angels the other comes out of the parlor at a late hour like a tired and hungry coach-horse rushes to the pantry grabs a pickle in one band and a cold hainbone iu the other then to her room she swings her harness over the baek of half a dozen chairs scat ters the other make up about the floor and forgets the duty she owes to god and herself and dives into bed like a wharf rat into the canal rolls and tumbles all night as if the bed were full of hornets and rises at eight nine or ten o'clock next morning as stiff and lifeless as a billy-goat that has been run over by a freight train now which of the two think you god and the angels smile up on the most the beautiful woman or the fashionable young lady ? the three sons nobility of soul chiefly consist iu do ing good to those who have injured us a worthy man full of year and wealth wished to divide his possessions between hia three sons in order that he might en joy in his lifetime the pleasure of seeing them independent and prosperous after making au equal division of his property and giving to each his portion he said theie still remains in my possession a very valuable diamond i intend it for him among you will deserve it best by performing some gewous noole action within the next three mouths the three sons departed but met again at the end of the prescribed time they present themselves before their judge and the eldest begins as follows : father during my absence a stranger found himself so circumstanced as to be obliged to intrust all his money into niy keepiug lie had no receipt from me and could produce no proof security : nevertheless i faithfully restored the whole was not this praiseworthy ?" you only did your duty my son said the old man ; it would have been scanda lous to do otherwise for honesty is a duty yours was an act of justice not generos ity the second son in his turn related his story in my travels i came to the bor der of a lake a child had just fallen in to the water i jumped in and rescued him from death before the eyes of the villagers who will attest the truth of my statement 7 that was well done interrupted the father but it was simply an act of hu manity at length the youngest brother began : my father said he i found my mortal enemy who had wandered off the track during the night asleep and unconscious on the ed^e of a precipice : the least move ment would have been fatal as on awak ing he must lave tumbled into the abyss his life was in my hands i took all precautions to awake him gently and drew him away from tho danger ah ! my son cried the father with joy and embracing him tenderly with out dispute the ring belongs to you that improved method in the scientific american of nov â€¢'?, last it is stated that l w miller of stockton x v has successfully practic ed feeding milch cows with only three quarts of corn meal per day and as i read it without any other food of any kind and mr miller is made to say that a bushel of corn ground and tolled will last a cow of 900 pounds weight twelve days now shall we believe this or is there some mistake ? the article has till the appearance of candor but i can hard ly believe it except under protest there is my little three-year-old cow â€” have i really been wasteful iu feeding her four quarts of meal and four quarts of bran two bundles of corn-stalks and the po tato and apple parings from the kitchen daily ? just think ! she has the range too of a good share of the north half of the lower peninsula of michigan and 1 had just been thinking that she ought to be belter fed why mr miller after this bushel of corn is ground and tolled there remain but 54 pounds allowing 60 pounds to the bushel divide this by 12 and it gives but four and a half pounds per day or two and a quarter pounds at a mess just about enough for a family hasty pudding 1 think you must be a hoineeo pathist suie i advise you to look out for mr bergh i am aware that nature eventually gauges the capacity of the stomach to correspond with the bulk of food required and that the stomach of an average american would not contain the amount of potatoes eaten by a native irishman or the rice bolted by a chinee but i did not suppose that a cow could be brought down to so small a pinch in quan tity or that there was nutriment enough in four and a half pounds of meal per day to keep one alive vikii.i u:i flooding the desert of sahara mr donald mckenzie at a recent meet ing at bradford described his scheme for forming a canalacross the great desert of the vast plain or hollow in the desert known as el j uf the greatest length of the depression is about 500 miles the breadth about 120 and the area about 80,000 square miles this vast area is depressed about 200 feet below sea level this depression was formerly connected with the atlantic ocean by the channel sakiet el hanira or red channel which bad in process of time been blocked up with sand it was proposed to reopen this channel and let in the sea which would cover the great area above described and enable commerce to be carried on with places in the interior rich in produce of various kinds the submerging of the basin of el juf would open up a naviga ble highway for tbe commerce of the world to the heart of africa and present au ex it nsive field for the influence of civiliza tion scientific american Â» alone on his enees | crudeu author of that invaluable book the concordance died ou his knees while praying he was a man of remarkable industry and fervent piety hi heart beat warmly for the poor aud suffering he cousecrated the entire profits of the second aud third editions of his book to relieve the poor it was his soul's delight to minister to their wants he was a fine illustration of that gospel precept diligent in business fervent inspir it serving the lord the first copy of the concordance be presented to queen caroline wife of george ii in 1737 the queen was so well pleased with it she prom ised to reward him ; but sixteen days after she finished her brief life poor cruden's hopes were disappointed â€” he kept on in his back store in lon don in the royal exchange when nearly 70 years old he was missed search was made in his lodgings and the man of god was found kneeling by his chair witli the open bible be fore him his face calm and peaceful thus he died alone yet not alone he who says lo i am with you al ways was with him how blessed thus to fall asleep in jesus asucp in jesus <> for me may such a blissful refuge bef david livingston the beloved mis sionary and explorerof africa also died on his knees future generations will be benefitted by his life-work like cruden he died poor and alone and | while in the act of prayer from his long and weary march over a wild j and nntraversed country exposed to j hostile tribes of savages to malaria ; and other diseases he at last had to rest he could be carried no further his faithful men built him a hut be neath a large tree and here the weary traveler rested after giving him food and preparing his conch his faithful servant left him hoping sleep would relieve him after some hours they drew aside the curtain ; livings ton was on his knees they listened â€” there was no voice they touched him â€” he was cold in death ! thus died this wonderful man his attendants embalmed his body and bore it hun dreds of miles to the coast it now rests in westminster abbey where re repose kings poets divines and phi losophers jjiessed ending of a busy life his life was one of prayer as well as untiring industry his watch-word at the gate of death lie enters heaven with prayer a medical student in new york recently died on his knees while in prayer and alone with god the day before his death he complained of a pain in his head nothing especially alarming in so common an occurrence he retired to his room hoping sleep would relieve his pain next morn ing as the breakfast bell rang there was no response from him another voice had called him away after breakfast his room was entered the bed had not been distured the young man was kneeling by t lie bed with his hands outspread as in the act of prayer thus lie passed away a calm serene smile was on his face life's labor done jis sinks the clay light from its load the spirit hies while heaven and earth combine to say how blest the righteous when he dies is there anything sad in these and many other similar deaths is it proper for us to pray from sudden death deliver us mr blair's scheme baltimore <â– izette with a view of ascertaining the views of this community on the memorial of lion montgomery blair as presented in the legislature on tuesday representa tives of the gazette visited a large dum ber of leadiug business men of baltimore yesterday and requested their views on mr blair's scheme from among the numerous expressions given several will be found printed below which fairly rep resent the views of hundreds of others on the subject not a single merchant or leading citizen called upon expressed lo approval of mr blair's course but all of those named below and many others whose statements are necessarily omitted for want of space condemn the measure in the most unqualified terms here follows ii long list of interviews and what was said blair is said to be after a-u s senator ship aud thought his investigation card would win il but he is mistaken that's all

the carolina watchman vol ix third series salisbury n c january 24 1878 n 14 for tin watchman ax historical incident all mt the middle of the fifth century on the banks of the loire stood and flourished the fair city of orleans it was situated iu a fertile and sunny province which centuries before had submitted to the conquering arms of the roman em pire this province bad since then often suffered severely from the tumultuous irrupt ions of the barbarians those impla cable enemies of koine and of civil i/atiou but a powei far more lo be feared now threatened orleans attila withacount less host of savaj followers was encom passing its gates and threatening ruin on ; its very ramparts the fury ofgatli and i baudal was harmless compared to the i merciless cruelty of the huunish king ' who spread terror and destruction wher evwi he inarched as powerful ate ttumerj lane as fierce and revengeful as zingar he had already laid waste the fairest provinces aud reduced to a heap of deso lation the most beautiful citiesofthe em pire to add to the tenor of his name it was confidently believed that ins power was equal to his cruelty and rapacity his dominions stretched from the danube to the balga to the confines both of the j eastern and western empires innumer able tribes and provinces had yielded to his victorious arms and were bound to him by the faith of treaties or the power of conquest and now with a countless horde including many of the most lierce and warlike nations he had marched from the centre of his dominions to the confines of gual aud laid in ruins the fairest por j tion of that sunny region at length wishing to gain a position which should command the passage of the loire he drew up his savage and formidable legious before the ales of orleans the inhabi ] tauts though almost destitute of succor prepared for a vigorous resistance the name of attila however dreaded did not deprive tin in of the courage requisite to c that power which had hitherto seem ! ed invincible the tale of metz warned them of their own destruction should their implacable enemy succeed in his present purposes that city had lately been laid in ruins and the lonely shrine of st stephens alone marked the site of the once proud and flourishing iowu of metz for many days the seige of or leans contiiyied without hope of assist ance the inhabitants trusted to their owu courage and to the power of the god of nations who had said that the race is not ul ways to the swift nor the battle to the strong every man capable of bearing alius sprung to the rescue and the ancient bishop bearing before him the holy symbols of religion exhorted the people io remain faithful to stand up with courage before the heathen hosi from which the almighty in due time would send them deliverance but the days passed slowly away and no succor came from either man or the lord of hosts a foe more terrible even than attila now | began to press them within the city each their scanty supply of food diminished until gaunt hunger stalked through all the streets and slew more victims even 1 than the sword of the hun then the walls of the city began to give way the battel in rams of the enemy had shaken them in many places and unless speedily : relieved orleans must fall a prey to the merciless victor the most undoubted courage the most determined resolution will sometimes give way when opposed by equal valor and superior si length the inhabitants beheld their approaching ruin with a feeling of tenor impossible to describe the men stand to their arms however while the helpless crowd of wo â€¢ men and children aud agedmen fall pros trate in the streets beseeching the favor and protection of the god of the chris i lians already the heathen army hits en tered the very suburbs of tho city the ; work of slaugther and rapine has begun and the trembling defenceless fugitives : from without are pressing towards the gate oft li leans and crying for refuge from the merciless fury of the hun despair seizes the stoutest hearts and many re sign themselves to the fate thej had vain ly striven to avert in his moment of suspense and horror there was one whose confidence remaiuetl unshaken who stiil believed that the almighty would yet send succor aud deliverance to the trem bling captives who supplicated his favor lie earnestly exhorted the people to wait in hope and patience for the salvation of the lord upon the ramparts of the city were placed a sentry sent thither l>y this christian bishop all day they stood there gazing fixedly into the far horizon to catch the faintest sign of coming relict it was now the close of evening aud they should have to return to the trem bling eager crowd below with no word of cheer or encouragement but lo as sick witli hope deferred they turned to depart a rtrange object attracted their sight in the far distant ed^v of the horizon almost beyond the range of human vision was a long dark line that seemed to be moving breathless with expectancy they gazed while it drew nearer still nearer and un til it was no longer just a speck upon the distant ray but a mighty host in martial array and with banners floating in the evening air it proved to be the confed erate army of goths and romans hasten ing to the relief of orleans the joyful news flew rapidly through the city it is the aid of cod il is tin aid of god !" cried the good bishop and the glad shout w;ts taken up and echoed and re-echoed by every tongue orleans was immedi ately invested and attila raising the seige drew up his forces upon the plains of chalons here in a short time was fought the memorable battle between the civilization and christianity of the west and the unlettered savagery and super stition of the east but let us return to orleans in the host of theodorie was a young barbarian whose merit had elevated him to an hon orable station in the military service it was with more than the eagerness and impetuosity of the warrior that odoacer entered the beleaguered city within those walls was the home of bis beloved thetiilelinda it was the thought of imi tate that had given almost superhuman strength and courage to his arms he sun-lit at once the lowly roof of hilderic this venerable man was sealed on his door-step with head bowed in the attitude of deepest dejection a feeling of indig nation seized the heart of the wild war rior as he beheld the abject condition of tlieinlelinda's father angrily he re proached him for his sorrow amidst the universal joy sit the deliverance of or leans to these reproaches the aged man made no reply but bending his head un til il rested upon his knees he began weeping tears of bitterest anguish a vague suspicion now seized odoacer and in a changed voice he inquired news of theudelinda alas 1 know not her fate replied hilderic mournfully she was sojourning in metz when the merci less attila invaded our country and i have cause to believe that she shared the fate of its miserable inhabitants this conjecture proved correct and no tidings of the young girl ever reached the ear of of the grief-stricken parent or the heart broken lover hilderic died soon after ami odoacer never recovered from the loss of his beloved theudelinda fur many years he wandered a gloomy half naked savage through the densest wilds of panuouia then ambition began to fire his cold and lifeless heart and goad him forward in the pursuit of fame and position he cast his eyes over the trou bled scene of roman politics and believed that in the tumult of faction and the dis coid of rulers he might find ample oppor tunities to exercise his talents and to win success in this resolution he was strength ened by the exhortations of an aged monk o whom he superstition of the times at tributed the power of working miracles aud predicting future events so thus encouraged he followed the high road to rome and to destiny his career there was rapid and unchecked nor was his ambition satisfied until he had grasped the sceptre of royalty and the acclama tions of the millions proclaimed him king of italy vlbgikia salisbury jam 14th 1878 pioxeer fux 1 stylish dance iu the early hags of col orado the boulder col mirror thus talks over the good old times : the first settlers of boulder came here in 1858 in 1850 quite a number came and some sixty log houses were erected be fore j slid stepped in of these log houses but few remain christmas s saw a jovial crowd of dancers in one of these houses windowless we believe at that time the hardy pioneers were after fun aud had it on the night in question about two hundred sons of toil and seek er of gold and their fortunes and seven teen ladies had assembled at the above named place to partake of a frontier terpsichorean marinus g smith was then one of the beans of the town and his dress-suit consisted of pants made out of seamless sacks and colored blue by the aid of logwood a lady now living in town iiad an elegant dress made out of flour sacks also colored by the aid of log wood there were few white shins in the neighborhood then most of the pio neers wearing woolen flannel ones a man with a white shirt on was in style and could dance with his coat off a man without any would wear a coat buttoned up to the neck coats for dancing pur poses did not seem to be any too numer ous consequently the pioneers helped each other out for instance all nichols had six while shirts which were all at that ball and the coats of those bixwhite shirted fellows went to cover the backs ot some one else when one fellow had a dance he would lend his coat to another and then his turn would come and so the white shirts and long coats were dancing all night and went around among the two hundred men there were no wall flow ers among the seventeen ladies but they say the supper for the occasion was a grand affair washboilers full of coffee great hunks of blacktailed deer jack rab bits fish game and delccacies brought from the suite in cans all went io make up a glorious supper one that the par takers would like to see repeated there may not have been much style but the seamless sacks and hour bags saw as much pure enjoyment as does the finest and gaudiest attire of to-day envy makes us see what will serve to accuse others and not perceive what may justify a new year's caller widow van dusenbery's interview with the personal d . the widow who wants to be half a millionaire f she exclaimed pettishly why not make it a round sum at once a million dollars would put my poor boy ou his feet aud enable him to hold up his head among the millionaries a million of dollars is a large sum said the stranger and the inillionaries are few in n umber oh ! it is a mere trifle said the wid ow i know a good many millionaires and i have always thought it would be such a comfort to be one of them 1 should so like to know what the feelings of a mil lionaire must be your wishes are not to be denied said the munificent visitor here is the sum you ask for and without more ado he plumped a bundle of greenbacks into her lap which she seized upon with as much avidity as a hungry cur wonldsnap at a bone but strangely enough the possession of this immense sum only produced a feeling of disappointment and regret which must have reflected on her lace for the stranger exclaimed with astonishment : what ! does not that sat isfy you !" i don't like to appear ungrateful " said the widow but after all 1,000,000 is but a small matter compared with the fortunes of some of the mere upstarts that live on the avenue i couldn't even afford to move further hp town on such a stun ; and 1 don't think that bait could keep a yacht on it if it were only 10,000,000 now i should be entirely satisfied the stranger fairly jumped in his sent when he heard the exorbitant demand ten millions of dollars !" he exclaimed it is monstrous !" however i cannot de ny you and he smiled sweetly the widow thought as he piled up the great bundles of greenbacks before her the widow breathed short for a mo ment ; and then as the thought of all the good she mi! i have had such an exper ience the l.t.sri.t didn't you say there was a beggar boy who came to the door just now bridget ?" asked the widow 1 did inarm replied bridget j and he is standing on the sidewalk now cry ing poor little fellow !" said the widow as she wiped a tear from her eyes go call him in call in a beggar exclaimed bridget lifting up her hands in amazement call in a beggar-boy !" yes call him in what if lie is a beggar boy ? he is somebody's son he is the dear bait of some fond old mother let me see him i must do something for somebody in a few minutes bridget pushed into the presence of the widow one of the worst-clad little ruffians she had ever be held here he is said bridget he is a beauty for such a parlor as this i don't think with scornful emphasis on her words he is a human being said the widow scanning his ragged garments pityingly i hain't been doin nothin said the boy timidly you need make no apologies mypoov child said the widow pray what is your name .'" me name is diiinis said the beggar poor boy ! and why did your mother let you come out in such a plight such a day as this said the widow as she wip ed a tear from her eye me mother has been sent up to the island for thirty days said dennis hang ing his head and blushing and she couldn't help it â€¢ dear dear dear exclaimed the widow tenderly it wasn't no fault of me mother's said dennis holding his head up again it was jill along of that mrs sullivan who pulled me mother's hair that's right always speak up for your mother my child said the widow now give me my purse bridget and mrs van dusenbery utterly dis regarding the new leaf she had turned over but a few moments before on which was recorded a resolution not to give anything to anybody again actually counted out five new silver half-dollars which she threw into the boy's hat think ing as she did it how much more satis factory it was to give to the needy than to receive presents from the rich in this for me ?" asked the boy open ing his hazel eyes with wonder it is all for you said the widow aud i wish there was more of it but i am afraid it would do no good if you had more the boy stalled to run ; but bridget caught him by his curly red hair and ; said : is that all your manners you rogue ?" don't go yet said the widow he will learn to behave better one of these days take him down into the basement bridget and g^ve him some turkey and pudding aud aiv orange and a buuch of grapes could you eat a bit of turkev dennis ?" dennis was pretty sure that he could if an opportunity were affored him so he disappeared from the presence of the widow van duseubery who requested him to call again whenever he wa huu gry which he promised to do " aud bridget consigned him to the cook who laughed merrily as the cold turkey van ished which she had placed before him when the widow van dusenbery re lated the incidents which have been so imperfectly sketched - above to father lansing the next day from whose lips the writer heard them she remarked that she didn't think that the tempter could ever have succeeded in persuading her to throw that arrow if he had not looked so much like the kev dr brown stout whom she revered so highly that is always the way with the p d said father lansing he always takes the most pleasing forms when he intends lo ruin a human soul as he did when he tempted saint anthony in the guise of a lovely woman it may be of some interest to the gener al public to know that the widow and her son bait live very quietly in their own house on the avenue and contrive to rub along on their limited income of 30 000 i year she has become renowned for her charities aud he enjoys the reputa tion of an accomplished billiard player but he has not been able to join the four in-hand coaching club jn his way from his travels he was asked by the bev dr brown stout what had impressed him most in the holy land to which he re plied : fleas â€” independent lovely woman ant uval ways the following few remarks on some of the habits of the gentler sex we clip from the louisville courier journal to say that the writer of the article is not level headed is to deny our belief in all pro priety and elegance : . it is indeed a funny and ridiculous sight to see a lovely woman stop at a street crossing give her body a fearful twist stoop low and reach backward and downward nearly to her heels and grab from forty to fifty pounds of dress tail full of dirt and dust shake it five or six times like i buzzard fixing ils wings to fly then hobble across the street like a lame tur key to ihe other side there to let go turn round four or live times and start oil like a stern-wheel boat in a storm such fantastic fashionable freaks of folly as we see sometimes upon our streets are certainly very unbecoming to all that is modest beautiful and lovely in woman think of it the idea of a fashionably dressed blonde or brunette stopping dead still upon the street kick out and up like a cow at an army of loose hornets grab her clothes in her hand and with a body bent looking out from under a lit tle hiit perched upon one side of the head milking a public exhibition of her heels and hose as she skirts across the street like an ostrich on a run an exact copy in style and dress of the woman who rides a spotted horse in a circus and jumps through a paper balloon for 15 a week and applause look at the modestly dressed sweet faced humble girl walk homeward having been on a mission for her mother perhaps no foolishness about her she lives dresses acts and looks plain she and fashion are strang ers loafers aud blackguards don't stare at her aud make all kinds of remarks about her no she commands respect by her dress and conduct upon the public streets see her in spotless while look ing like an angel keeling at the bedside with her face and eyes lifted heavenward and in accents low and sweet breathing from her pure lips the language of her soul in humble prayer our lather who art in heaven angels put their ears to the twinkling stars and listen to her pray ers the one a meek humble christian young woman whose affections are fixed on things above the foibles and fol lies of i fashionable world â€” whose very soul pants for tiie light and love of a home over there the other a thiu visaged made-up woman of a fashiona ble world whose heart and soul is en gulfed in the great whirlpool of mock happiness and folly : who never looks in the bible one-hundredth part as much as she does a looking-glass whose whole idea of life is to have fun with the boys until she's forty and then take the chance of fooling some old man into buying her if she can the one breathes her prayer and lies down on her downy bed to dream of heaven and the angels the other comes out of the parlor at a late hour like a tired and hungry coach-horse rushes to the pantry grabs a pickle in one band and a cold hainbone iu the other then to her room she swings her harness over the baek of half a dozen chairs scat ters the other make up about the floor and forgets the duty she owes to god and herself and dives into bed like a wharf rat into the canal rolls and tumbles all night as if the bed were full of hornets and rises at eight nine or ten o'clock next morning as stiff and lifeless as a billy-goat that has been run over by a freight train now which of the two think you god and the angels smile up on the most the beautiful woman or the fashionable young lady ? the three sons nobility of soul chiefly consist iu do ing good to those who have injured us a worthy man full of year and wealth wished to divide his possessions between hia three sons in order that he might en joy in his lifetime the pleasure of seeing them independent and prosperous after making au equal division of his property and giving to each his portion he said theie still remains in my possession a very valuable diamond i intend it for him among you will deserve it best by performing some gewous noole action within the next three mouths the three sons departed but met again at the end of the prescribed time they present themselves before their judge and the eldest begins as follows : father during my absence a stranger found himself so circumstanced as to be obliged to intrust all his money into niy keepiug lie had no receipt from me and could produce no proof security : nevertheless i faithfully restored the whole was not this praiseworthy ?" you only did your duty my son said the old man ; it would have been scanda lous to do otherwise for honesty is a duty yours was an act of justice not generos ity the second son in his turn related his story in my travels i came to the bor der of a lake a child had just fallen in to the water i jumped in and rescued him from death before the eyes of the villagers who will attest the truth of my statement 7 that was well done interrupted the father but it was simply an act of hu manity at length the youngest brother began : my father said he i found my mortal enemy who had wandered off the track during the night asleep and unconscious on the ed^e of a precipice : the least move ment would have been fatal as on awak ing he must lave tumbled into the abyss his life was in my hands i took all precautions to awake him gently and drew him away from tho danger ah ! my son cried the father with joy and embracing him tenderly with out dispute the ring belongs to you that improved method in the scientific american of nov â€¢'?, last it is stated that l w miller of stockton x v has successfully practic ed feeding milch cows with only three quarts of corn meal per day and as i read it without any other food of any kind and mr miller is made to say that a bushel of corn ground and tolled will last a cow of 900 pounds weight twelve days now shall we believe this or is there some mistake ? the article has till the appearance of candor but i can hard ly believe it except under protest there is my little three-year-old cow â€” have i really been wasteful iu feeding her four quarts of meal and four quarts of bran two bundles of corn-stalks and the po tato and apple parings from the kitchen daily ? just think ! she has the range too of a good share of the north half of the lower peninsula of michigan and 1 had just been thinking that she ought to be belter fed why mr miller after this bushel of corn is ground and tolled there remain but 54 pounds allowing 60 pounds to the bushel divide this by 12 and it gives but four and a half pounds per day or two and a quarter pounds at a mess just about enough for a family hasty pudding 1 think you must be a hoineeo pathist suie i advise you to look out for mr bergh i am aware that nature eventually gauges the capacity of the stomach to correspond with the bulk of food required and that the stomach of an average american would not contain the amount of potatoes eaten by a native irishman or the rice bolted by a chinee but i did not suppose that a cow could be brought down to so small a pinch in quan tity or that there was nutriment enough in four and a half pounds of meal per day to keep one alive vikii.i u:i flooding the desert of sahara mr donald mckenzie at a recent meet ing at bradford described his scheme for forming a canalacross the great desert of the vast plain or hollow in the desert known as el j uf the greatest length of the depression is about 500 miles the breadth about 120 and the area about 80,000 square miles this vast area is depressed about 200 feet below sea level this depression was formerly connected with the atlantic ocean by the channel sakiet el hanira or red channel which bad in process of time been blocked up with sand it was proposed to reopen this channel and let in the sea which would cover the great area above described and enable commerce to be carried on with places in the interior rich in produce of various kinds the submerging of the basin of el juf would open up a naviga ble highway for tbe commerce of the world to the heart of africa and present au ex it nsive field for the influence of civiliza tion scientific american Â» alone on his enees | crudeu author of that invaluable book the concordance died ou his knees while praying he was a man of remarkable industry and fervent piety hi heart beat warmly for the poor aud suffering he cousecrated the entire profits of the second aud third editions of his book to relieve the poor it was his soul's delight to minister to their wants he was a fine illustration of that gospel precept diligent in business fervent inspir it serving the lord the first copy of the concordance be presented to queen caroline wife of george ii in 1737 the queen was so well pleased with it she prom ised to reward him ; but sixteen days after she finished her brief life poor cruden's hopes were disappointed â€” he kept on in his back store in lon don in the royal exchange when nearly 70 years old he was missed search was made in his lodgings and the man of god was found kneeling by his chair witli the open bible be fore him his face calm and peaceful thus he died alone yet not alone he who says lo i am with you al ways was with him how blessed thus to fall asleep in jesus asucp in jesus <> for me may such a blissful refuge bef david livingston the beloved mis sionary and explorerof africa also died on his knees future generations will be benefitted by his life-work like cruden he died poor and alone and | while in the act of prayer from his long and weary march over a wild j and nntraversed country exposed to j hostile tribes of savages to malaria ; and other diseases he at last had to rest he could be carried no further his faithful men built him a hut be neath a large tree and here the weary traveler rested after giving him food and preparing his conch his faithful servant left him hoping sleep would relieve him after some hours they drew aside the curtain ; livings ton was on his knees they listened â€” there was no voice they touched him â€” he was cold in death ! thus died this wonderful man his attendants embalmed his body and bore it hun dreds of miles to the coast it now rests in westminster abbey where re repose kings poets divines and phi losophers jjiessed ending of a busy life his life was one of prayer as well as untiring industry his watch-word at the gate of death lie enters heaven with prayer a medical student in new york recently died on his knees while in prayer and alone with god the day before his death he complained of a pain in his head nothing especially alarming in so common an occurrence he retired to his room hoping sleep would relieve his pain next morn ing as the breakfast bell rang there was no response from him another voice had called him away after breakfast his room was entered the bed had not been distured the young man was kneeling by t lie bed with his hands outspread as in the act of prayer thus lie passed away a calm serene smile was on his face life's labor done jis sinks the clay light from its load the spirit hies while heaven and earth combine to say how blest the righteous when he dies is there anything sad in these and many other similar deaths is it proper for us to pray from sudden death deliver us mr blair's scheme baltimore